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New Apple TV 160GB

By Apple Computer
Average Customer Rating:

Our Price: £209.99

Product Details
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Apple
EAN: 5050053457424
Label: Apple Computer
Manufacturer: Apple Computer
Model: MB189B/A
Publisher: Apple Computer
Release Date: 2006-08-20
Studio: Apple Computer

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Customer Reviews

Great product....ignore other media players, 2010-02-07
I did so much research for a media player WDTV etc,,the ATV is great...dont underestimate the value of podcasts on your 50" plasma and the access to all your DVD;s (in my case access to music DVD's)...to be able to sit on the sofa and surf your entire collection of DVD's with a remote then switch to YOUTUBE and Podcasts...fantastic...could do with better/faster processor..but had mine 6 weeks and if it got nicked tomorrow I would buy another....GET ONE !!

Hackable, flexible, brilliant.. but only supports m4v out the box, 2010-01-09
The Apple TV has gone through some major software changes over the past 12 months. You should therefore be careful with any reviews prior to November 2009 when Apple released the 3.0 product. This release significantly improves functionality, look & feel, performance, etc. It is now superior to Frontrow and makes a superb media jukebox if you use iTunes extensively. It's great to be able to stream from your Windows or Mac media server: movies, music, photos, etc. It supports full sound surround, etc, and high def video. Very cool, along with internet radio and the Apple media store (which I personally don't use at all).

So, lets just look at some issues folks have had:

1. connections. Yup, it does not support older cabling. You need HDMI or Component. Don't buy if you've not got supported cabling. Idiots beware.
2. formats. Yup, is does not support AVI, DiVX and others out the box. If iTunes doesn't support the media then it won't work without a hack. But, with a little patience and tinkering you can get it to support all these with ease. If you are not happy hacking, then buy ATV and get a commercial product to add these extensions. Again, idiots beware.
3. size of disk. It's funny, people get hung up over the size of disk. Well, the only thing you need the disk for is rentals (which I don't do) or photos. Everything else (movies, music) you stream from your media server. There are some gottchas here: you need to make sure you allow iTunes to display unsynced media on the Apple TV. And, before that, you need to set up the device as a streamer from an itunes library (in the Apple TV settings you add an iTunes library). Now you can stream all you want and not worry about the size of the disk.
4. network performance. I have just today set up a 40GB Apple TV at a friends house over 802.11g. I never thought it would stream movies and took a spare 802.11n Airport Extreme with me in case. But it worked perfectly: no dropped frames over a wireless connection about 25 feet away. It is true that the initial sync can take some time over wireless, but that is not Apple's fault. If you have a poor wireless network then it's not going to be happy. Best advice is to sync up over physical cable first if you have a big photo collection and then switch to wireless.
5. Yup, if you smother your PC with firewalls and such don't be surprised if you have some problems. Again, it's hardly Apple's fault if you lock down your network traffic so damn hard that it can't get through.
6. cost to rent a movie. Yup, this sucks. I won't pay Apple prices on rental. But I don't need to: I buy second hand DVDs on Amazon for a buck, rip them and watch them. If you really want a movie in a hurry then Apples prices are cheaper than the petrol to get you to the movie store.

The real power of the Apple TV is as a media streamer. For that you need media to stream. So, rip your DVDs using Handbrake and VLC in the Apple TV format (m4v) and you'll absolutely love this product.

JL

over-rated and dissapointing, 2010-02-10
This piece of kit may look good but does it perform ? in my experience not very well. I bought it mainly for playing music and it has had numerous sync problems with the apple airport express and then last week - crash, the system lost all my music, tens of thousands of tracks - fortunately I had a back up. This is a known problem and the Apple Forums do not have an answer. I am very well versed in this kind of technology but I would expect a piece of hardware from apple not to have such elementary problems.
If you want a good music streaming system don't buy this, spend a few hundred pounds more and buy a Sonos its much better and in my experience far more stable.

Great piece of kit, 2010-02-23
This is the coolest bit of kit I have bought!
Easy set up and you can watch HD movies.

Excellent!, 2010-01-28
This is a great product. It has completely changed the way we watch tv and listen to music. From being able to download movies anytime you want, browsing youtube and listening to all your itunes music on the stereo - the more you use it the more you realise it can do. I can't recommend this product enough.